Supporting Multilingual Practices in Self-Access Environments: Considerations for Language Policy

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Despite the recent multilingual turn (May, 2014), monolingual approaches to language learning continue to affect language policy and planning in Japan. This chapter argues that the introduction of more multilingual approaches to language policy in self-access centres can have significant benefits for learners. In self-access environments, practitioners have to balance creating supportive spaces for learners of various languages with providing opportunities for target language interactions. I argue that taking a multilingual approach to language policy can boost learner motivation by questioning the dominance of native-speaker ideals of language use. Such approaches can also enrich learners’ experiences by promoting linguistic diversity. I highlight the complexities that the multifunctional nature of self-access centres poses for formulating language policy, and suggest some ways in which linguistic diversity and multilingual practices can be encouraged.

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